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I want to rebuild Jos market to generate
money for new wage —Lalong
By Johnbosco
Agbakwuru
A BUJA—GOVERNOR
Simon Lalong of Plateau
State, yesterday, said he was
desirous to rebuild burnt Jos
market to generate enough
revenue to pay the new
N30,000 minimum wage.
Lalong also said the report
that his administration
budgeted N1.1 billion to
demolish the market in 2019
appropriation was unfair and
an attempt to tarnish his
image.
Speaking to State House
correspondents after meeting
behind closed doors with
President Muhammadu
Buhari at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja, the governor
described the report as
worrisome.
According to him, “the
report is not very fair. If you
understand the history of the
Jos main market, you will
understand the passion for
rebuilding that market.
"That market was blown off
years ago and has remained
like that. The market was our
main source of revenue and
I saw it as very necessary to
rebuild the main market to
address challenges of the
state, including that of
minimum wage.
“What somebody saw was
the presentation before the
budget committee and when
he saw N1.1 billion, he said
it is for demolition. N1.1
billion cannot be for
demolition. There are four
components of demolition
and reconstruction of the
market. The person saw one
aspect and jumped into
conclusion.
“The entire process has four
components. First, it has to be
a special demolition and you
know in special demolition,
you don’t bring down the
entire market.
"We have two proposals,
either to bring down the
entire market and start
building new one or carry out
the special demolition and
reconstruction and the
overhaul of the market. There
is the technical aspect, the
consultancy aspect and the
contract itself.
“So, I have asked them to
make everything public so
that people will not jump into
conclusion that we are
demolishing the market. It is
not everyone that can do that
type of special demolition, in
Nigeria it has only been done
either twice or thrice.
“I had to travel to South
Africa to ensure that if we are
going to carry out the
demolition, it must be a very
special demolition.
Otherwise, the next option
was to bring down the entire
market and start rebuilding.
The sum of N1 billion can
build a new market.
“The report is wrong and
whoever is behind it should
get the true facts and he will
see that the entire N1.1 billion
is not for demolition but for
other aspects of the contract
including technical,
consultancy and the
commencement of the
rebuilding of that market.”
Asked if more money was
going to be budgeted for the
actual rebuilding of the
market, the governor said:
“First, we are starting with the
demolition before we move to
other things. Without
technical drawing you will
not understand what I am
saying."
"If you have seen Jos main
market, it is a choked up area
VISIT: From left, Mrs Comfort Eyitayo, 2nd Deputy Vice President,
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN; Alhaji Razak
Jaiyeola, 54th President, ICAN being received by Capt. Roy Ilegbdu,
Managing Director, Arik Air and Mr. Oni Olalere, Chairman, Ikeja
District Society of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria,
IDSICAN, during ICAN president's courtesy visit to Arik Air, at the
Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
UNIUYO VC tasks matriculating
students on hardwork, discipline
By Chioma
Onuegbu
UYO
—VICE
Chancellor,
University of Uyo,
UNIUYO, Akwa Ibom
State, Professor Enefiok
Essien, has advised 8,416
matriculating students for
2018/2019 academic
session to study hard to be
enlisted into the
institution’s Honour Roll.
Essien, who gave the
advice, yesterday, said only
hardworking students, who
achieved a cumulative
Grade Point Average of 4.5
and above at the end of their
course would be enlisted
into the Honour Roll.
Essien, who explained
that the award was put in
place to encourage students
to study hard, reminded
them that attending
lectures in the institution
was mandatory for all
students.
He said, “We have
selected 18 students out of
others on the University
honour roll. These are
students who have a
cumulative Grade Point
Average of 4.5 and above.
You must realise that hard
work pays.
“If you study hard, you
will excel and be among the
university honours roll, and
be honoured some day. It
is our expectation that this
will motivate you to study
hard so that you would also
be honoured.
“Of course, you are here
to learn and I can assure
you that it will be a
pleasurable experience. If
you choose to be distracted
by other factors other than
your main purpose in the
university, the university
will not hesitate to expel
you.”
Rotary renovates Delta school
DISTRICT Governor,
Rotary Club of Nigeria,
District 9141, Mr. Adeyemi
Oladokun, has promised to
stock the library of Dede
Primary School,
Orhowhorun, Udu Local
Government Area, Delta
State, just as he donated 10
truck-loads of sharp sand to
sand-fill the school’s waterlogged
playground.
He made the promise and
donation, yesterday, during
the commissioning of the
renovated block of four
classrooms in the school, a
star project of Rotary Club of
Ovwian, Delta State.
Oladokun noted that Rotary
is about humanitarian
services, saying: “Rotary
build bridges where there are
gaps and we are concerned
with building the future
through provision of
educational facilities
wherever we are privileged
to operate.”
President, Rotary Club of
Ovwian, Mr. Peter
Oghoredafe, in his remarks,
said the club was challenged
to pick up the project because
of poor state of the school.
Chairman of Udu council,
Chief Jite Brown, in his
speech commended
members of the club and paid
tributes to Mrs Okiemute
Oghoredafe, wife of the club’s
president, for personally
adding two classroom blocks
to the existing one renovated
by the club.
26,400 farmers insured by
IFAD in Niger within 4 years
By Wole
Mosadomi
M
I N N A —
International
Fund for Agricultural
Development, IFAD, has
insured no fewer than 26,400
farmers in Niger State in the
last four years.
Programme Director in
Niger State, Dr. Matthew
Ahmed, who disclosed this
while presenting cheques to
some rice farmers affected by
flooding in Katcha Local
Government Area in Niger
State, explained that the
insurance was meant to give
succour to the farmers that
suffered losses during
disasters for smooth take off
in the next farming season.
The director gave the
breakdown of the
beneficiaries as 4,800 farmers
insured in 2015, 7,000 in
2016, 9,000 in 2017 and 5,600
farmers in 2018.
Ahmed, however,
explained that for any farmer
to benefit from the insurance
scheme, the disaster must
have been reported to his
office within 48 hours after it
occurred to enable the officers
visit the farm to access the
damage.
Activist threatens mass action
on insecurity, police killings
By Alemma-
Ozioruva Aliu
BENIN CITY —WITH
the continued killings
across the country by criminal
elements and extra judicial
killings by police, an Edo
State-based human rights
activist and founder One
Love, Patrick Eholor, has
threatened to organise a 10-
million man match against
the government and security
agencies for their seeming
inability to stem the killings.
He also carpeted the
administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari, who
he said was not doing
enough to reduce insecurity,
just as he lamented the
working conditions of men
of Nigeria Police and
demanded their overhaul to
enable them live up to their
responsibility of protecting
lives and property of citizens.
Speaking to journalists in
Benin City, he said: “We
have a problem in Nigeria
and the current
administration does not want
to admit that there is a
problem.
"They are playing politics
with our lives. They have
security apparatus that
secures them but the
ordinary Nigerian does not
have anything that is
unfortunate.
“I did a million man match
before on the state of our
roads, this time, we will do a
10 million man match on
state of security in the
country if these continue to
make sure that this is
stopped.
Old girls target N100m to
replace 140-yr-old Methodist
school building
METHODIST Girls
High School Old Girls
Association, MGHSOGA,
Yaba, Lagos, will tomorrow
pull down the 140-year-old
building within the school
premises in preparation for
the erection of a new structure
in a N100 million restoration
project.
A statement by President of
the association, Mrs. Yomi
Afolabi, said: “Tomorrow,
Saturday, the old structure
will be pulled down and the
Outsource Global expands into UK
OUTSOURCE Global,
Nigeria’s leading BPO
service provider, has
announced its operations in
the United Kingdom at the
recently concluded B2B Sales
Innovation Expo 2019, in
London.
The Sales Innovation Expo
is Europe’s leading
marketing event, connecting
the most proactive marketing
professionals with the tools,
techniques, and innovations
they need to be at the
forefront of the ever-evolving
world of marketing.The event
also provided a platform for
Outsource Global to
introduce its UK Country
Director, Joshua King, to the
UK B2B community.
Outsource Global CEO,
Amal Hassan, said: “We are
excited to offer services to the
UK business community as
they seek to reduce costs
whilst continuously
improving satisfaction for
citizens. The United Kingdom
expansion strengthens our
footprint and reinforces the
drive towards growing our
global market presence.
"The BPO market continues
to evolve rapidly, with new
geographies and capabilities
reflecting the growing
demands of clients who must
balance cost, risk and
performance. With our
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understanding of industryspecific
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to help our clients
become operationally efficient
and competitive."
construction of the new one
begins.
“Though we have
memories of the old building,
it has to go down because we
are building modern facilities
for the school.” She thanked
God for helpers in respect of
the project.
Also speaking, Head,
Media Team, MGHSOGA,
Mrs. Tinu Odugbemi, said
the association discovered
two years ago that the
centenary block of the school
had some structural defects.
She said: “The centenary
block of the school is almost
140 years old. So, it is really
an old building and the
students have been moved out
of the building for safety.
“Already, each set has been
asked to contribute N5 million
and the target is to raise N100
million."
On her part, Vice-
President, Fundraising
Committee, Mrs Adetola
Ola, who is of the 79/84 set,
said she was proud to be a
product of the school and that
the values she got from the
school influenced her life.